The CIA's Secret Interrogation Sites

“The C.I.A.’s interrogation program is remarkable for its mechanistic aura. ‘It’s one of the most sophisticated, refined programs of torture ever,’ an outside expert familiar with the protocol said. ‘At every stage, there was a rigid attention to detail. Procedure was adhered to almost to the letter. There was top-down quality control, and such a set routine that you get to the point where you know what each detainee is going to say, because you’ve heard it before. It was almost automated. People were utterly dehumanized. People fell apart. It was the intentional and systematic infliction of great suffering masquerading as a legal process. It is just chilling.’..

A Reporter at Large: The Black Sites: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

If they have torture down to a science, where they can get them to say whatever they wish, what is its value? Is the worthless information we are getting from these people worth the value of our country's international reputation and credibility?